Toyota: Healthcare Robots Matt Olsen MIS 304 11/3/2011.

Toyota: Healthcare Robots

Matt OlsenMIS 304

11/3/2011

Overview

• What is a healthcare robot?

• How does it work?

• How does it affect peoples life?

• How does it affect business applications?

What is Toyota’s Healthcare Robot?

• Series of robots to assist disabled people –Toyota Partner Robot Series

• Independent Walk Assist

• Patient Transfer Assist

• Robot Suit

How does it work?• Independent Walk Assist

– Mechanical exoskeleton for peoples legs– uses computer sensors to help people

suffering from paralysis or other ailments to walk again.

• Patient Transfer Assist– machine with padded arms that can

help health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds and then carry them around

• Robot Suit– Worn as a normal suit– aimed at helping people achieve

mobility after suffering a stroke or accident.

How Does It Affect Peoples Lives?

• “Toyota endeavors to provide the freedom of mobility to all people…there is a strong need for robots in the field of nursing and healthcare”

• Assists sick and injured to return to health by providing them with the mobility they need

• Reduces physical burden on caregivers

How does it affect business applications?

• Assisting disabled people in the workplace

• Robots and computers will be moving in greater mass into the workforce

References

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/toyota-shows-machines-sick-elderly-move-14855252

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221408/Toyota_expects_to_offer_healthcare_robots_in_2013

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